John Wade’s House Training Cheat Sheet
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CANINE SMARTS
Behavioral Science Turns to Dogs for Answers By Julia KochFor a long time, domesticated dogs were seen as just the slobbering, dumbed-down ancestor of the wild wolf. Dogs, though, have learned a few tricks of their own through the millennia — and can teach us a lot about ourselves. Guinness the border collie loves the
Test for canine personalities
Dogs show huge differences in personality, according to a US scientist who has developed a test to assess canine character. Dr Sam Gosling, of the University of Texas, rates the dogs on four key traits with positive and negative extremes. He adds that his work suggests pets should be matched with owners who have
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Test reveals dogs’ jealous side
Scientists in Austria say they have found a basic form of jealousy in dogs. The Vienna-based researchers showed that dogs will stop doing a simple task when not rewarded if another dog, which continues to be rewarded, is present. Writing in the journal PNAS, the scientists say this shows a sensitivity in dogs that was
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Working Golden Retrievers
Gunilla Weeden and her working Golden Retrievers You don’t see this much anymore.
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Biologists solve mystery of black wolves
Biologists solve mystery of black wolves Why do nearly half of North American wolves have black coats while European wolves are overwhelmingly gray or white? The surprising answer, according to teams of biologists and molecular geneticists from Stanford University, UCLA, Sweden, Canada and Italy, is that the black coats are the result of historical matings
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